Staple may refer to: * Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet * Staple (fastener), a small formed metal fastener ** Surgical staple

Arts, entertainment, and media

Staple (band) Staple is a Christian hard rock/post-hardcore group from Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Staple was founded in 2000 when the members met at Rosedale Bible College in Ohio. History The first era (2000-2006) Staple released a full-length album and EP inde ...

, a Christian post-hardcore band ** ''Staple'' (2002 album), an album by Staple ** ''Staple'' (2004 album), an album by Staple ** ''Staple'' (EP), a 2003 EP by Staple * STAPLE!, a convention for creators of comics and other independent media *" Staple Singers/ Freda Payne", a ''Soul Train'' episode *

The Staple Singers The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21 ...

, an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group *''

The Staple Swingers ''The Staple Swingers'' is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on June 15, 1971. It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples pri ...

'', a 1971 soul album by the Staple Singers

Brands and enterprises

Merchants of the Staple The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England, the Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, is an English company incorporated by Royal Charter in 1319 (and so the oldest mercantile corporation in England) dealing in wool, ...

, an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period * Staple Design, a visual communications agency

Fibers

Staple (textiles) A staple fiber is a textile fiber of discrete length. The opposite is a filament fiber, which comes in continuous lengths. Staple length is a characteristic fiber length of a sample of staple fibers. It is an essential criterion in yarn spinning a ...

, the raw material of fiber from which textiles are made * Staple (wool), wool fibers that naturally form themselves into locks

Places

* Staple, Kent, a village in Kent, England near Sandwich **

Staple railway station Staple railway station was a station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England, serving the village of Staple. It was located north of the village, on the west side of the road to Durlock, where it crosses over the Wingham River at ...

, serving the village of Staple * Staple, Nord, a commune in the Nord department in northern France *

Staple Bend Tunnel The Staple Bend Tunnel, about east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in a town called Mineral Point, was constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Construction began on April 12, 1831. This tunnel, at in length, was the ...

, constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad about four miles east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania * Staple Fitzpaine, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England *

Staple Island Staple Island is a small rocky island, or skerry, that is one of the Outer Group of the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England. The Farne Islands are a designated National Nature Reserve. Staple Island is an important wildlife habitat known fo ...

, a small rocky island in the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England

Trade

Staple right The staple right, also translated stacking right or storage right, both from the Dutch ''stapelrecht'', was a medieval right accorded to certain ports, the staple ports. It required merchant barges or ships to unload their goods at the port and to ...

, a medieval right of certain German ports to require merchant vessels to unload and display their goods for sale for a certain period, often three days * Statute of the Staple, a statute passed in 1353 by the Parliament of England *

The Staple In European historiography, the term "staple" refers to the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation; its French equivalent is ''étape'', and its German equivalent ''stapeln'', words deriving from Late Latin ' with the same meaning, derived ...

, in English historiography, the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation

Other uses

* Staple financing, a form of financing package offered to potential bidders during an acquisition *

Staple Inn Staple Inn is a part-Tudor period, Tudor building on the south side of High Holborn street in the City of London, London, England. Located near Chancery Lane tube station, it is used as the London venue for meetings of the Institute and Faculty ...